[1151] in Humor
HUMOR: Who was first?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Andrew A. Bennett)
Tue Oct 24 22:58:39 1995
To: humor@MIT.EDU
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 1995 22:55:35 EDT
From: "Andrew A. Bennett" <abennett@MIT.EDU>
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 1995 22:16:23 +0000 (GMT)
From: Espacionaute Spiff domine! <MATOSSIAN@aries.colorado.edu>
From: Stephen Perlmutter <seadog@displaytech.com>
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A physician, a civil engineer, and a computer scientist were
arguing about what was the oldest profession in the world. The
physician remarked, "Well, in the Bible, it says that God created
Eve from a rib taken out of Adam. This clearly required surgery,
and so I can rightly claim that mine is the oldest profession in the
world." The civil engineer interrupted, and said, "But even earlier
in the book of Genesis, it states that God created the order of the
heavens and the earth from out of the chaos. This was the first and
certainly the most spectacular application of civil engineering.
Therefore, fair doctor, you are wrong: mine is the oldest profession
in the world." The computer scientist leaned back in her chair,
smiled, and then said confidently, "Ah, but who do you think
created the chaos?"
